Chrome Releases
Release updates from the Chrome team
Admin Console Update
Friday, August 5, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins now have the option to
block users
on Chrome devices from ending processes through the Chrome Task Manager.
Known issues are available
here
. Chrome for Work and Education customers can view detailed release notes in
Google for Work Connect
. Admins can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins can now schedule a
timed reboot
for Chrome devices for meetings based on a specific time in the local time zone.
Known issues are available
here
. Chrome for Work and Education customers can view detailed release notes in
Google for Work Connect
. Admins can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins can now
configure reports
to be sent to a configurable list of email addresses for inactive devices. In addition, the device list now includes a new
active range filter
.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins can now configure
screen rotation
for devices that are configured to auto-launch a public session or kiosk app.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins can now
restrict
Chromebooks from connecting to unmanaged networks. Admins can also choose to restrict their devices from connecting to entire interfaces like WiFi or Ethernet.
These settings will apply to devices using version 49 or above.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Admin console has been updated. Admins can now set a
default printer
for logged in users and Public Session users per organizational unit.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Thursday, October 15, 2015
The Admin console has been updated so that changes made in the Chrome devices page will appear in the Admin console audit log. Examples include deprovisioning, disabling, and moving devices between organizational units.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Monday, September 14, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with the option to search for policies within the Chrome device settings pages.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with new policies and improvements to the device details page:
Admins can now
autocomplete the default domain
to use when a user only enters their username at the login screen.
A new policy enables users to
enter an asset identifier
during the enrollment process. The asset ID field in the device details page will now automatically populate with this value if entered at the enrollment screen of the device. On version 44 or above, the asset identifier also appears within the operating system.
The device details page now contains a section titled 'System Activity and Troubleshooting'. It contains some of the existing fields as well as the new policies detailed below.
Two new options are available in the
System Activity and Troubleshooting
section of the device details page: Reboot Device and Screen Capture.
Only devices running on version 44 or above are eligible for the new policies.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with a new set of
monitoring and health reporting features
for devices set to
auto-launch a kiosk app
:
Additional fields available in the device view under “Hardware and OS”.
A new column in the device list view to indicate the status of the device.
An option to send alerts via SMS, email, or both when an outage is detected.
Only devices running on version 43 and above and set to auto-launch a kiosk app are eligible for these features.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with a new field in the device list.
The
Asset ID
field allows admins to track devices using their preferred inventory asset naming conventions.
It is now possible to sort the device list by asset ID.
Edit the asset ID by clicking on a device, then editing the "Notes" field.
Read and write access are available via the
Directory API
.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with a new user setting.
SafeSearch for Google Web Search and Safety Mode for YouTube can now be
independently configured
on Chrome 41 and above.
For users using devices running Chrome 40 and prior, enabling any setting that turns on SafeSearch will also turn on Safety Mode for YouTube. This includes the settings "Always use SafeSearch for Google Web Search and Safety Mode for YouTube queries" and "Always use SafeSearch for Google Web Search queries only."
The setting "Always use Safety Mode for YouTube queries only" will not work on devices running Chrome version 40 and prior.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with a new Network section under Device Management.
The new interface allows admins to define and push networks to
Mobile
,
Chrome
, and Chromebox for Meetings devices through a unified interface.
The Device Management page displays the number of devices associated with each platform. Click on these icons to navigate to the device list. Settings for each enabled service are located on the left.
Only platforms that support the network configuration will be available in the option "Restrict access to this Wi-Fi network by platform".
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with a new "App management" section for admins to
manage Chrome apps
with greater control:
Manage Chrome Apps
one at a time
.
Customize Chrome apps by setting policies for supported apps.
Each app in a child org unit can now have
inherited or overridden settings
from a parent org unit.
The existing app and extension manager under
User Settings
will remain available.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with the following changes to policies and the device list:
Admins can now place lost or stolen devices in a
disabled state
and display a customer message on the disabled device screens.
The
search feature
in the device list now accepts partial matches for serial numbers.
A new user policy is available to determine which users have
permission to enroll
new or deprovisioned devices. Devices that are on the
forced re-enrollment screen
can still be enrolled by any user in the organization.
Deprovisioned devices are no longer blocked from enrollment, now that there is a user policy to control enrollment permissions. As a result, there is no longer a need to place devices in the "Pending" status in the
device list
.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Friday, January 16, 2015
The Admin console has been updated with the following change to administrator roles:
The setting to
manage devices
can now be delegated by organizational unit.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The Admin console has been updated with the following changes to user and device settings:
A new policy allows admins to allow or disable
Smart Lock for Chrome
, which allows authorized Android devices to unlock Chrome devices when nearby.
A new policy to set the
Minimum SSL version
allowed on Chrome devices and Chrome on desktop and mobile.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Admin console has been updated with the following changes to user and device settings:
A new
user setting
allows admins to set the behavior of the top row of keys on a Chrome device keyboard.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
The Admin console has been updated with the following changes to user and device settings:
Device licenses
can now be revoked via
deprovisioning
and reassigned to a different device of the same model.
A new option to enable the
application of policies
to Chrome on Android and iOS (experimental). For example, once this is enabled, a policy to set bookmarks will apply to Chrome OS, Chrome on desktop, and Chrome on mobile.
A new option to only allow
policy-enforced networks to auto-connect
.
A new option to control the use of
data compression proxy
.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Admin Console Update
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
The Admin console has been updated with the following changes to user and device settings, which require version 37 or above:
A new method to
provision and manage client certificates
on Chrome devices to enable access to certain enterprise networks and web resources.
A new option to manage
multiple sign-in access
. Please read the article carefully and choose the appropriate option for your organization by the end of September 2014.
A new option to determine the
default download location
.
A new option to
set the wallpaper
.
Devices that are forced to re-enroll back into a domain will be
blocked from entering developer mode
.
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
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